How+to+set+up+a+blog+&+How+to+use+a+blog+in+an+educational+setting

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(Before reading below check out Kathleen Morriss' Five Steps to Starting a Class Blog ) 

= Megan Poore is an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at the University of Canberra. She delivers conference and seminar presentations and workshops on how online Web 2.0 tools and technologies are being used by online communities and how those tools can be effectively used in education contexts. =

Her site contains two main learning modules about blogs //How to set up a blog// ( ** Meg's PressGo!) ** and //How ////to use blogs in educational settings// ( ** Meg's Blogagogy!) ** Megan's sites are detailed step by step learning modules. While her lessons use the WordPress blog provider the DEECD now provides anyone with a **//.vic.edu.au//** email account access to blogs through **//global2.vic.edu.au.//** (The structure is very similar to WordPress).

Megan's sites provide clear step by step lessons on constructing and using blogs. They follow a simple format (//Introduction, Focus Question, Exercise, Information, Exercise, Reflection and Links & Resources//) that allows you to work your way through the module at your own pace. She invites you to engage with the site by posting your expectations, questions and reflections as you go along. You can do this or simply read the pages as an instructional manual.

Meg's PressGo!
[] How to set up a blog. While aimed at educators this sequence can also be used with students. The various modules cover topics such as: //Writing pages, Writing posts, Setting privacy options, ////Using widgets, Using categories and tags, Using the sidebar, Customising the presentation of your blog, Managing users //

Meg's Blogagogy!
[] How to use blogs in educational settings. The various modules cover topics such as : //Blog basics, Finding a suitable blog host, The benefits of blogging in education, ////Educational design, Assessment rubrics for student blogs, And heaps more! //